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January 22nd, 2022 Denfeld Nation Automation (DNA) Update for Week Two Greetings, During DNA’s second week of build season, many important tasks were accomplished. The programming sub-team worked on tuning a defense mechanism on our practice bot as well as finishing up the majority of the code for the other mechanical movements. The robot build…

Davious is DNA’s 2022 robot, named after our Mentor Dave. Dave originally mentored for his son, but has continued to be a valued mentor even after his son graduated. Dave has spent hours with the students helping them build the best bot they can, but still claims he has learned more from the students than…

Madeline Bjonskaas, team captain of DNA Robotics, was selected as a Dean’s List Finalist during the FIRST Upper Midwest virtual awards ceremony Thursday evening. This award is a great honor that recognizes Madeline as a student leader who has led her FIRST robotics team and community to increased awareness for FIRST and its mission while…

Denfeld Nation Automation (DNA) FIRST Robotics Team 4009 competed in the Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) State Robotics Championship. This marks DNA robotics’ fifth time competing at the state championship in their ten year team history. Each year, out of over 200 Minnesota robotics teams, the top 36 teams are invited to challenge  the…

1 week ago, the 2016 FIRST Robotics Competition game was revealed to be Stronghold! Denfeld Nation Automation attended kickoff at the University of Minnesota, Duluth, and has been working hard ever since to complete a robot design. Robots must cross a wide variety of opposing defenses, fling ‘boulders’ into both high and low goals, and…

Hi everyone! Right now we are in the middle of our annual Lego Robotics Camp. This Lego Camp is a great way for the younger participants of FIRST to expand their way of solving problems and thinking creatively. Participants in the Lego Robotics Camp are given tasks to complete at their own pace while learning…